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Friday, November 2, 2012

After server virtualization there is a time for network to be virtualized

Virtualization become today de facto a standard in almost every company. What about 10 years ago was a revolution in computing it has become a mature product for everyone. But when we look at the history how it was evolving we can see one component to remain unmodified: the network, one of the very few unvirtualized technology bastions.

But today the market is changing. To understand the changes and what all this means I recommend to read at least these 2 blogs:

The changes the blogs describe are already happening. As a practical example is a Rackspace Cloud Network product, a hybrid network that was created to leverage the potential in software defined network that data center provider can benefit from.

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Please note that the code available here is only for demonstration purposes. If you want to be serious, you'll have to make it more robust and integrate it. Also, the description is by no means a definitive reference on any of the subjects, but rather the result of my experimentation. Feel free to report any bugs or errors you find in the code or otherwise in the articles. Thanks